Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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MusicGallops - Yours Sincerely, Dr. Hardcore
On their debut LP, Wrexham’s Gallops begin from an instrumental math-rock setup, before carrying their sound into more idiosyncratic territories. Like ... Read more »| 21 Nov 2012 -
ArtSonica: Remember Me @ Scotland Street School Museum
Considered by certain individuals to be a hive of paranormal activity, the perfectly preserved corridors of Mackintosh’s Scotland Street School are an ... Read more »| 20 Nov 2012 -
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NETVERK – November 2012
A look at the world of netaudio and netlabels,this month featuring dubstep, shoegaze, chillwave and hip-hop from Small Black, CoMa, The Mighty Cream, MAKO, Fluorescent Records, Tash Willmore and Mr Muthafuckin eXquire Read more »| 20 Nov 2012 -
MusicBreathless – Green to Blue
4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell is a big fan of Breathless, mentoring their latest opus and describing bandleader Dominic Appleton as his favourite living male... Read more »| 20 Nov 2012 -
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E.D. Sedgwick – We Wear White
Justin Moyer's (El Guapo, Antelope) E.D. Sedgwick project has undergone a number of makeovers, having changed from a duo to a solo act and now a fully fled... Read more »| 19 Nov 2012 -
MusicHow To Destroy Angels – An Omen EP
In contrast to the sublime industrial pop melodrama of HTDA's first EP, An Omen showcases a much more diverse and dynamic sound from the band, managing to ri... Read more »| 19 Nov 2012
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Music
Christ. – Cathexis Motion Picture Soundtrack
It's extremely unfair that nearly every single mention of Scottish producer Christ. is prefaced with the fact that he is a former member of Boards of Canada.... Read more »| 19 Nov 2012 -
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Curt Crackarach – Lonely Holiday
The latest alias of lo-fi pioneer and veteran experimental producer Nattymari, the Curt Crackarach project sees Natty collaborating with a brace of vocalists... Read more »| 19 Nov 2012 -
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Soundgarden – King Animal
Back when heavy metal was hurtling towards new extremities in theatricality and brute force throughout the late 80s, Seattle quartet Soundgarden willing... Read more »| 18 Nov 2012 -
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Sonica: Enlightened Sound @ The Whisky Bond, 16 Nov
Entering the almost-bare warehouse room containing the installation by Steev Livingstone (Errors), called The Last Pigeons, the viewer is faced with two... Read more »| 17 Nov 2012 -
ArtSonica: Ecstatic Arc @ Tramway
The premiere of Robbie Thomson’s new live performance work is a truly awesome mix of theatre, music and visual art. It's centerpiece is a Tesla coil mo... Read more »| 17 Nov 2012 -
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Sonica: Sandglasses @ Tramway
A minimalist concept masks a complex combination of media in Juste Janulyte’s Sandglasses. Four cellists are encapsulated within large tulle columns, h... Read more »| 16 Nov 2012 -
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Sonica: Our Contemporaries @ Tramway
Our Contemporaries is dystopian sci-fi pared down to basic components. Mookyoung Shin’s futuristic nightmare mixes automation with bureaucracy. Rows ... Read more »| 16 Nov 2012 -
Film
Silver Linings Playbook
Silver Linings Playbook is a romantic comedy about two bipolar screw-ups trying to win a dance competition. Chris Tucker is in a supporting role. It should b... Read more »| 15 Nov 2012 -
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Buck 65 / The Levee Strollers @ King Tut's, 11 November
Tonight's support act are a downhome (although Glaswegian) country and western band called The Levee Strollers. Their enthusiastic but wholly incongruous per... Read more »| 14 Nov 2012